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fr. Richard Archer, O.P.
is our Priory Steward – paying the bills, keeping computerized accounts,
getting in the supplies, and keeping us shipshape in maintenance of our
aging house.
He also sends out dozens of CD’s of
Jude’s preaching reflections each week to patrons around the world. We
are all grateful for his attentiveness in 2008 to a serious mold abatement
project by working with the contractor and insurance adjustor.
In June 2008, he celebrated his 50th
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fr. Minlib Dallh, OP is a native
from Burkina Faso (West -Africa), returned to the priory
this June after completing his doctoral studies in Islamic
studies and Christian-Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary
(CT) and the University of Exeter (UK). He hopes to
find a teaching position in the triangle area.
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fr. Bert Ebben, OP -- who was the founding
provincial of the Southern Province (1979-1984) -- spends half
the year in Raleigh broken up by two three month periods in
Kenya where he supervises three development projects. Bert has spent most of his religious life in
Africa, first in Nigeria for 20 years during which time he was
two-term vicar provincial of the St. Joseph the Worker Province
in the 1970s, and then since the late 1980s in East Africa.
When he's with us in Raleigh, he frequently celebrates the
African Masses in the diocese, besides being our landscaper and
vegetable, herb & flower gardener. |
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fr. Victor Laroche, OP – a
native of Haiti – is fluent in English, Haitian Creole, French
and Spanish.
He
serves as Priest Chaplain and Catholic Care Manager at Duke
University Hospital (Durham, NC) since September 2011. He relocated in November 2010 from San Antonio, TX,
where he ministered primarily as a Priest Chaplain at a
Catholic hospital. Previously, he served as Chaplain at two
Catholic universities, respectively in Miami, FL (2001-2003) and
San Antonio, TX (2003-2004) Before moving to Raleigh, Victor
spent most of September in Rome, Italy, where he was an
interpreter (French – English) for the General Chapter of the
Order of Preachers.
Victor enjoyed ministering as preacher, spiritual director and
retreat director during his years in
Texas (2003-2010).
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fr. Jude Siciliano, O.P.
is our community's Lector, keeping us current with developments
in theology and pastoral issues. Jude continues his
itinerant preaching ministry, giving parish retreats and
preaching workshops throughout the country. While traveling and
at home, he writes his weekly internet reflections on the Sunday
scriptures for preachers and laity. He also is a
homiletics instructor in summer preaching institutes, and has
developed a Circle Preaching cycle of workshops to prepare lay
preachers. In addition, Jude is the promoter of our
Raleigh area Dominican Laity group. Jude is the Promoter
of Preaching for the Southern Dominican Province and served as
the first Student Director for the Province in the 1980s. |
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fr. Steve Smith, O.P.
continues to serve the Diocese of Raleigh as Vicar for Priests, and most
weekends preaches around the diocese, or across the country for the
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging appealing for families to
support a child or elderly person overseas. He also works on dozens of
marriage cases with the diocesan tribunal each year.
Steve also is our Recycling
Advocate, diligently separating glass, plastic, paper and aluminum each week
for Raleigh’s effort to go Green. For the first half of his Dominican
life, Steve was a missionary in Pakistan. In June 2008, he celebrated
his 50th Jubilee of ordination.
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